Die for cutting stencil-plates



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J. L. HABERLING.

DIE FOE CUTTING STENCIL PLATES. No. 365,066. Patented June 21, 1887.

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DIE FOR CUTTING STENCIL-PLATES,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 365,066, dated June 21,1887.-

Application filed April 13, 1887. Serial No. $334,558. (No model.)

.To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OIIN LoUIs HABERLING, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Memphis, in the county of Shelby and State ofTennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dies forCutting Stencil- Plates; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to an improvement in dies for cuttingstencil-plates; and it consists in providing the characters, letters, orfigures on the dies with round corners, and thereby facilitate theoperation of cutting the stencilplates, and also adapt the latter to bemore readily employed in marking or printing surfaces, aswill be morefully set forth hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of a stencil-cutting dieembodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is an elevation of my improvedstencil-plate.

A represents a male stencil-cutting die,having the shank B. The face ofthe die is hollow, and the cuttingedges a of the (lie form a letter,figure, or character, and the corners thereof are rounded, as at I). Bythus rounding the corners of the figure or character on the die thelatter is adapted to cut a correspondingly-shaped character, 0, in astencilplate, D. By this means the stencil-plate has characters cut init which do not have square or angular corners, and hence thestencil-plate will be rendered more durable, as angular corners formstarting-points for lines of fracture.

Another advantage gained by cutting characters having round corners inthe stencilplate is that the brush used in applying the coloringmatteris enabled to enter all the rounded corners more readily, and thuspermit characters to be inscribed (on the surface upon which thestencil-plate is laid) that have all their edges or outlines clearlydefined, and not rough or ragged.

I have only illustrated a male die in the ac companying drawings; butfemale dies having hollow iaccs and the corners of the charactersrounded may be also used.

Having thus described my claim 1. A die for cutting stencil-plates,having letter, character, or figure formed thereon, the corners of whichare rounded or curved, substantially as described.

2. A die for cutting stencil-plates, having the hollow face and thesharpened cuttingedges, forming a letter, figure, or character havingrounded .or curved corners, for the purpose set forth, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I al'fix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN LOUIS IIABERLING.

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Vi tnesses:

E. M. AVERY, Y J. J. LOCKHART.

